[Ralph]

in reply to: Re-Thinking old Thoughts on Woodies #25385

Steve:

Not necessarily promoting cedar over any other wood, Howard Hill preferred cedar and he was a pretty good archer, just relating to the fact that there are those of us that still use tried and true arrow and broadhead combinations, see not the necessity of the “new” traditions, and enjoy the resulting venison meals. 😀

[Ralph]

in reply to: Re-Thinking old Thoughts on Woodies #23610

two4hooking wrote: After playing with a lot of different woods, I am back to good old POC. I think they are very forgiving fly great and do what I need them to with a regular weighted head. Maybe those old timers figured out something back then and it is just taking me a while to come to the same conclusion. Everything in archery is a trade off….I think POC cut to just above draw length with a 125 or 145 grain 2 blade head is about the most forgiving and balanced shaft I have used…and it has been proving its effectiveness to me on the deer. Hard to find the good stuff anymore but I recently bought some of the older stuff someone had squirreled away and I am impressed.

:D:D

Thanks, now I know there’s others out there. :D:D

I’d almost bet the shafts you got are where I got some too.

Ralph

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in reply to: Re-Thinking old Thoughts on Woodies #20854

“racketeering”

Is that trophy hunting?

Just wonderin’. 🙄

[Ralph]

in reply to: Blood Trails #59603

Y’all are making me think about putting some of my old Snuffers (I have 3 left after ???years) on some woodies for my quest of a longbow turkey.

Maybe some old Satellite Wasps on some carbons.

Those may be more effective on turkeys, do more damage on the way through.

I just have to have enough arrows to be able to shoot at the one that’s laughing so hard at my misses that it can’t dodge my arrow. 🙄

I too have had a good hit with a two blade that left only a few spots of blood.

Fortunately I made the shot early in the day and was able to spot the deer in an hour or so and it was down.

[Ralph]

in reply to: I missed #23555

Danged if I didn’t miss a turkey at 20 yds. yesterday. Musta been a crooked arrow. 🙄

[Ralph]

in reply to: Question: wipe on poly #15219

And you don’t need to wear a helmet…:roll:

[Ralph]

in reply to: I missed #43298

How’s that go, “Better to have shot and missed than to have never shot at all”? Or something like that.:D

Glad you found a place to hunt Drew..

Best of luck and shoot well my friend………..

[Ralph]

in reply to: Traditional Question #34890

There was a long period in time during the 50’s and early sixties or so (perhaps before but I wasn’t mingling with other archers prior to that) when a sight on traditional equipment was a common sight.

You maybe wouldn’t believe some of the inventions people came up with to “engineer” a sight for a bow. People can be quite ingenious.. 😉

I just sold my old Black Widow take down recurve, a 1958 model, with a metal riser that was drilled and tapped for sights. 😥

It outgrew me but I found it a good home. 😀

So it’s not allowed now at trad shoots, so don’t use a sighted bow if you choose to attend. Simplifies life.

Sometimes traditions are are dreamed up by people that ain’t even been there yet.

My thinking says if your comfortable with a sight on a bow and it perhaps prevents you from wounding an animal, go for it.

It’s your bow, legal (I’m guessing in your area), your’re traditional.

I liked this I found.

http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1465530

[Ralph]

in reply to: filled buck tag #48974

Congratulations.. Nice:D:D buck….,

[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #48200

Sometimes the way it starts makes up for whatever else may happen in the day.

[Ralph]

in reply to: What's with the phones? #42419

Right on Mark. A tool, not a way of life.

Be well…………

[Ralph]

in reply to: Re-Thinking old Thoughts on Woodies #42332

Are they comfortable? 😉 Just wonderin :lol::lol:

[Ralph]

in reply to: What's with the phones? #41976

Patrick wrote: It’s not that he HAD to send it immediately. He wanted to, and technology allowed him to.

:D:D

[Ralph]

in reply to: What's with the phones? #41837

Ha!!Being a “Classic fart” sounds better than “old fart”. 🙄 Thanks Drew…………..:D

[Ralph]

in reply to: What's with the phones? #41094

I’m getting old too but I live a way long way from my son and daughter and I have no problems with seeing their accomplishments via internet or the pictures of my grandchildren growing up now as to maybe two-three years down the road if I go to Florida or they perhaps come to the Texas Panhandle.

When I was a child, no phone in our home, no TV, radio was only late at night when one might be able to receive a far away AM station (who remembers Wolfman Jack, KOMA?).

The only contact with family was an occasional visit or a letter. I kinda like communicating with friends and family.

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